Introduction

Know me better

I am Kimberly Johnson, twenty four years, mother of two adorable boys

I studied in the university of California and I also did my masters there, that was where I met my friend Kian who was born and brought up there

I am the only daughter of my parent and the last child, we are two, a boy and a girl

It's still funny how after I gave birth I did my cleaning up myself because I and my mum or rather my parents were not in good terms because I got married to Bernard Ayo, a guy born, brought up and did his schooling in Nigeria, my parents felt he was too low class for me as I myself came from the very rich background and Ben came from the "streets" like he would say

Bernard is or was the sweetest man any lady could wish to have as a husband

He's handsome and has the manly and well built body, when i met him he was a player, my best friend would always warn me not to fall for a player because he would break my tiny baby heart but I still didn't care

I paid some of his bills, I rented his apartment for him with my allowances and that was when mum discovered, she had warned me to stay off him as she didn't like their family and he was a low class

"My darling, stay away from the Ayo's, they are low class with no standard, your father sent you to the best private school in Lagos and the best University in California" she said

"Mum I love Ben, no guy has ever made me feel the way he makes me feel, when am with him I am free and do things I can't do with those rich friends, he makes me happy" I said, she laughed out loud

"Kim what do you know about love?" She asked

"I know love makes one free, love is magical and....

"My darling not in this Nigeria anymore" she said

"But you always tell me that you married dad because you loved him" I said, she touched my hair and smiled

"My darling that was then, you know you grew up in this sheltered roof and I don't want you to work my dear, Bernard is not your type my dear, he's a no class person" she said

"When you married dad you were nothing, you said you didn't have any one, no support, no parents, no siblings or anybody, it was just you, you said you didn't complete your secondary education but dad made you who you are today, and you sit and talk about low class mum?" I said in disappointment

"My darling, you said the truth, I was a nobody and your father made me who I am today and that's why I don't want you to go through the same and it was different back then, you are the female who is rich and Ben is not, are you going to be the one to hustle for him?" She asked

"Ben is a hustler mum, he doesn't like the streets, he's striving to become somebody and all I want to do is to help him out" I said

"Kimberly I don't want to argue with you on this, you will have your father to contend with" she said

"Ben proposed mum" I said lowly

"Ben did what?" She asked

"Proposed" I said

"You won't marry him Kim, you can't marry him" she said

"I will mum" I said

"Then get ready to have another mother because I won't give my blessings?" I said

"Mum?" I called

"Yes" she said and walked out on me, I knew she was going to tell dad

That's my mum story concerning Ben, my dad story is for another strategy for another day

All girls back then would do anything to to have Ben, some would even throw their self at him, and back then when I would come to his apartment in the morning to help him cook I would sometime see used condoms, female undies and bra's, I didn't say anything then because I blamed myself for deciding to wait till my wedding night

And the day we had the big fight, lord that was one helluva fight

"Babe I need to tell you something" I said

"Okay" he said as he did something on his laptop

"I came to the house this morning and when I was doing clean up I found some used condoms but didn't bother me because it's isn't the first time am seeing it here but what made me scared was when I saw hard drugs in your drawer, I thought you said you don't do drugs" I said, he looked at me and dropped his laptop

"What were you looking for in my drawer?" He asked

"I was just cleaning" I said

"We're are your keys to the apartment?" He asked

"In my bag" I said wondering why he asked

"Hand it over, from now on you aren't allowed to come to my apartment without informing me" he said, for real, for the same house I played for?

"Babe am sorry, okay let's forget I saw anything" I said

"Don't let me repeat myself Kim" he said, I walked to where my bag was, opened it, took out the keys and gave him

"Babe?" I called almost in tears

"And I don't think I can wait till our wedding night anymore" he suddenly said, I looked at him, my mind was telling me to leave the house that instant but I stayed

"what do you mean? You promised to wait" I said

"Promises fail and what's there am still going to marry you" he said as he came to my side

"Ben don't do this" I said as the verge of tears, he dragged me to his side, pushed me on the bed and started undoing my buttons, I bit his hands, before I knew what was happening he slapped me twice and then I knew I later woke up on the bed alone in pains, I stayed there for two extra hours because I couldn't walk and yes that's what resulted into me and my dad's trategy story

"What are you thinking about?" Jessica said and handed me the plate of fried plantains and egg

"Nothing" I said

"There's a party tonight, would you come?" She asked

"No, Benard won't allow me" I said

"Okay oo"

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